Social & Community Studies focuses on personal development and social skills that lead to self-reliance, self-management and concern for others. In studying Social & Community Studies, students will learn about: personal skills, interpersonal skills and citizenship skills. This resource is a powerpoint for teaching students about conflict and various conflict resolution strategies. It should take 2 lessons. It begins with a warm up activity which encourages students to reflect on what matters to them. This is followed by an activity where students must describe 3 characters (which helps build their vocabulary for describing character traits). Arguments are defined and common causes of conflict are listed. Three discussion questions are posed. Three levels of arguments are outlined. There is a graphic organiser which students will use to fill in their observations of arguments from the TV show Everybody Loves Raymond. There are post-viewing questions for students to discuss. To consolidate their learning students complete a Y chart about what conflict looks like, feels like and sounds like. Afterwards the lesson zooms to focus on conflict in the workplace. 5 common strategies for dealing with conflict are explored (some are better than others). Students should consider the pros and cons of each strategy and which personality types might gravitate to which strategy. The lesson concludes with a research activity.

Psychological researchers often define personality in terms of five core traits, which can be thought of as stable dispositions that relate to differences in behaviour. This PowerPoint explains the Big 5 personality types (aka the OCEAN model) in a simple way which is easy for students to understand. It includes a video, some discussion questions and notes for students to copy into their books. It also includes the link to an online quiz for students to take to learn about their personality traits. It includes a poster-making activity for students to consolidate what they have learned. I have also included a document with the research I did about the Big 5 before creating this lesson. Part of a set of resources created for a senior Social & Community studies class in Australia (QCAA syllabus). The other resources are also available in my store - lrigb4. Designed for use in 70 minute lessons.

A Unit plan designed for a 10 week term. It includes syllabus objectives, a description of the unit, a marking breakdown which explains what the teacher would expect to see for each assessment criteria, assessment task details and a list of recommended resources. It also includes explanations of some recommended pedagogical strategies (for group work etc.) A Scope and Sequence suggesting topics to be covered throughout the term is provided. Part of a set of resources created for a senior Social & Community studies class in Australia (QCAA syllabus). The other resources are also available in my store - lrigb4. Designed for use in 70 minute lessons.